Samsung Galaxy Y is a low end smartphone which is considered to be the best at it’s price range. The mobile phone was launched by Samsung targeting the budget segment, the device came with Android 2.3 Gingerbread out of the box. But, later on there were no updates that released by Samsung for the device. But there were numerous developers that designed Custom ROMs for the device, one of them is the ICSAura ROM.
This time the unofficial CyanogenMod ROM has been developed by some dev at XDA which brings the Android Ice Cream Sandwich essence to Galaxy Y. You can proceed reading the article to update your device to this Custom ROM.
Warning and Disclaimer
This is all development stuff and in this tutorial we’ll be flashing the file in order to make it work on your device, rooting and flashing stuff voids the warranty of the mobile phone but the warranty can be always retained by flashing the Stock ROM.
Pre-Requisites
- Important: Completely Backup the data stored on your device using the Android ADB Backup Guide.
- Battery should be fully charged.
- Backup SMS messages, apn settings, Whatsapp messages, along with other important data stored on your device.
- Download: Samsung Galaxy Y Device Drivers.
Update Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 to Android 4.0.4 CyanogenMod 9 Firmware
Step #1: Download ICS CyanogenMod 9 ROM on your computer.
Step #2: Connect your Galaxy Y mobile phone to your computer and transfer the downloaded file to the root of your SD Card.
Step #3: Turn off your Galaxy Y now and boot into recovery mode. Press and hold “Volume UP + Home + Power Button” and wait for the device to boot.
Step #4: Select “wipe data/factory reset” and confirm by selecting Yes on next screen.
Step #5: Now, select “install zip from SD Card” and then “choose zip from SD Card”. Select the ROM file that we had transferred on the device.
Step #6: After the flashing of the file is complete, get back to the main recovery screen and select “reboot system now”.
That’s it. You’ve successfully updated your Galaxy Y device to Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 CyanogenMod 9.
Do let us know in case you come up with any difficulties while installing this Custom ROM on your device.
Tags: cyanogenmod for galaxy y, cyanogenmod galaxy y, cyanogenmod 9 for galaxy y, cyanogenmod galaxy young, samsung 5360
does this really work. if my phone’s software gets damaged then???????
Well arjun, if you did follow the steps correctly, your phone should reboot to the new rom that you flashed. And no, if you did follow the instructions, every thing should be fine. If you noticed any probs, just comment here, i’ll try and assist you
Ok. Can i also update my phone to jelly bean. If yes then hw.? And anothr thing, is rooting safe.?
Yeah. Rooting is completely safe. You can update to Jelly Bean. Let me know which mobile phone you are using?
am using samsumg galaxy y gt-5360. Android 2.3.6
can i also root my htc desire c.. waiting for quick reply..
Hey, there’s something spring like images are formed as i touched my screen,
Now my phone neither getting to its original form nor it is updating to new version.
pleaseeeeeeeee help me , i am in great trouble………………
Hello guys,
Has anyone installed this rom to galaxy Young?
Is it working?
well i have galaxy y 5360 and am using jellybean in it.. i didnt try this mod, but jellybean works fine..:)
bro it is not working in my phone i have samsung galaxy y s5360……….
in 5th step “install zip from SD Card” is not comming……only 4 opt are comming
do u want cynogen mod only or u want jellybean. coz im running through jellybean i can give u steps for jellybean
will this work for galaxy pocket??
Hey I do all procees but after boot my Samsung galaxy y GT s5360 stuck as blank.
I have the same problem too, how to fix this…
Perform a Full Data wipe through recovery.
Phone stuck as blank…patterns appear on the blank screen when you swipe your finger across. Tried full data wipe through recovery..hasn’t worked….HELP!
When i try to update it says that the zip. was bad and its aborted?
Thanks for your work. Is this the latest CyanogenMod for the GT-S5360?
Also, I’ve tried the Jelly Bean Blast (Android 4.1.1) ROM:
http://tutznet.com/1197-update-galaxy-android-41-jelly-bean-blast-custom-rom/
which installed just fine but does not seem to have the accessibility features of Explore by Touch as advertised for Android 4.1:
hxxp://eyes-free.blogspot.com/
and on the official Android page for Jelly Bean.
This is an unofficial CyanogenMod 9 Build for the Galaxy Y Mobile Phone. This build of CyanogenMod 9 is based on Android ICS 4.0.3 and we haven’t mentioned about Jelly Bean anywhere in our article.
Thanks for your response.
I understand that this ROM is based on Android ICS 4.0.3 and not Android Jelly Bean 4.1, I just included the links and explanation to support my first question:
Is this the most recent Android version CyanogenMod build for the S5360?
I’m in particular looking for the features available in Jelly Bean 4.1 named “Gesture Mode” or “Explore by Touch” when accessibility is turned on in the settings menu. Together with TalkBack app this enables a blind person to operate the phone in a similar way VoiCEOver functions on iOS. As said before, the jelly Bean Blast ROM claiming to be based on Android 4.1.1 (or 4.1) does not seem to have these accessibility improvements included, yet the official Android features does state that it is part of 4.1 and upwards.
From what I can gather online, the latest devices having Android 4.1 as their stock ROM seem to have “Explore by Touch” and “Gesture Mode” available.
Looking forward to trying your unofficial CM9 ROM later today. Any pointers to a ROM for the Galaxy Y that do include the accessibility features just mentioned would be much appreciated.
can these 5 steps be followed for galaxy y duos s-6102? please reply
I’m afraid not! Both the Galaxy Y an Y Duos are different phones, so one ROM won’t work for both.
comment sa se fait j’ai perdu tous mes contacts et mes application
comment fait-on pour les recuperer??
Please comment in english as this is an english website..
However thanks to Google Translate I have managed to understand that you are saying “how it is I lost all my contacts and Application
how-to recover??”
During the flashing process, the phone’s internal memory gets wiped off. So, you cannot recover anything that is lost. You should have backed up everything in the first place.
I think that you can recover your contacts by going to contacts.google.com . For contacts, I cannot tell you much because they you cannot recover them.
I wrote (grâce à Google Translate, j’ai réussi à comprendre ce que vous dites “comment il est, j’ai perdu tous mes contacts et applications
comment faire récupérer? ”
Pendant le processus de flashage, la mémoire interne du téléphone se rayer. Donc, vous ne pouvez pas récupérer tout ce qui est perdu. Vous devez avoir sauvegardé tout ce en premier lieu.
Je pense que vous pouvez récupérer vos contacts en allant contacts.google.com . Pour les contacts, je ne peux pas vous en dire beaucoup, car ils vous ne pouvez pas les récupérer.)
first, Phone stuck as blank…patterns appear on the blank screen when you swipe your finger across. Tried full data wipe through recovery… hasn’t worked…
After wiping, switched on, and left for 5 minute…
Now it’s on and it says: “Android is upgrading…. starting applications…”
it’s almost 1 hour and it’s still upgrading….
How much time does it normally take to start?
What should I do if it upgrades till battery go off?
Guys Help!!!
You just need to clear the Dalvik Cache in the CWM. That will do it.
first, Phone stuck as blank…patterns appear on the blank screen when you swipe your finger across. Tried full data wipe through recovery… hasn’t worked…
After wiping, switched on, and left for 5 minute…
Now it’s on and it says: “Android is upgrading…. starting applications…”
it’s almost 1 hour and it’s still upgrading….
How much time does it normally take to start?
What should I do if it keeps upgrading till battery go off?
Guys Help!!!
This shouldn’t be happening. Did you perform a factory reset?
Is this ROM Arab supports writing???
Utkarsh@TutzNet
“You just need to clear the Dalvik Cache in the CWM. That will do it.”
Can you give more details on that???
Go TO CWM Recovery on your phone >> Select “Advanced” >> then select “Dalvik Cache”. This will do.
Dude… Spring like structures coming on rebooting the phone . Now you should be helping me.
for god’s sake TELL ME WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW!
Reset your phone. If that doesn’t work either, move back to stock.